Mercury contamination in urban ecosystem – a case study in and around Kolkata metropolis, West Bengal, India
Keywords:
Kolkata, mercury, neurotoxic, toxicity
Abstract
Mercury has a unique place in the field of pollution and toxicity. The mercury contamination increased day by day in urban environment through anthropogenic activities. The mercury accumulated in the urban environmental components and its toxicity has adverse effect on the urban ecosystem health. A study was carried out to estimate the mercury contamination in water, soil, road dust, plant, vegetable and fishes in Kolkata metropolis. The studied samples have found mercury residue in considerable amount which may affect to ecosystem tropic level and human health in and around the Kolkata metropolitan city.
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Chang, L. W. (1977). Neurotoxic effects of mercury—a review. Environ. Res. 14: 329.
Clarkson, T. W. (1987). Metal toxicity in the central nervous system. Environ. Health Perspect. 75: 59–64.
Deb, S. C. and Santra, S. C. (1997). Bioaccumulation of metals in fishes: an in vivo experimental study of a sewage fed ecosystem. Environ. mentalist. 17(1): 27-32.
Driscoll, C. T., Han, Y. J., Chen, C. Y., Evers, D. C., Lambert, K. F., Holsen, T. M. and Munson, R. K. (2007). Mercury contamination in forest and freshwater ecosystems in the northeastern United States. BioScience. 57(1): 17-28.
Fergusson, J. E. (1990). Heavy elements: chemistry, environmental impact and health effects. Pergamon press. Pp. 614.
Ghosh, C. (2016). Effects of heavy metal pollutants on polytene chromosomes of Chironomid larvae. International Journal of Experimental Research and Review (IJERR). 3: 14-29.
IRIS-Integrated Risk Information System (1993): EPA Office of Research and Development, Washington, DC.
Jha, P., Samal, A. C., Santra, S. C. and Dewanji, A. (2016). Heavy Metal Accumulation Potential of Some Wetland Plants Growing Naturally in the City of Kolkata, India. American Journal of Plant Sciences. 7(15): 2112.
Kar, S., Maity, J. P., Samal, A. C., Santra, S. C. and Jean, J. S. (2010). Bio-monitoring of trace elements using higher plants in urban environment of Kolkata Metropolis, India. In: Abstract book of International conference on ‘Frontiers in Biological Sciences’ (InCoFIBS2010), NIT, Rourkela. Pp.178.
Kar, S., Nath, B., Samal, A. C. and Santra, S. C. (2006). Arsenic in urban particulates – A case study in Kolkata Metropolis. Current Science. 90(2): 158-160.
Louria, D. B. (1992). Trace metal poisoning. In: Wyngaarden JB, Smith LH Jr, Bennet JC (eds) Cecil textbook of medicine, vol 2, 19th edn. Saunders Co., Philadelphia 2380.
Monteiro, D. A., Rantin, F. T. and Kalinin, A. L. (2010). Inorganic mercury exposure: toxicological effects, oxidative stress biomarkers and bioaccumulation in the tropical freshwater fish matrinxã, Brycon amazonicus (Spix and Agassiz, 1829). Ecotoxicology. 19(1): 105.
Newton, I., Wyllie, I. and Asher, A. (1993). Longterm trends in organochlorine and mercury residues in some predatory birds in Britain. Environmental Pollution. 79(2): 143-151.
Ribeiro, C. O., Pelletier, E., Pfeiffer, W. C. & Rouleau, C. (2000). Comparative uptake, bioaccumulation, and gill damages of inorganic mercury in tropical and nordic freshwater fish. Environmental Research. 83(3): 286-292.
Sadhukhan, P. C., Ghosh, S., Chaudhuri, J., Ghosh, D. K. and Mandal, A. (1997). Mercury and organomercurial resistance in bacteria isolated from freshwater fish of wetland fisheries around Calcutta. Environmental Pollution. 97(1-2): 71-78.
Samal, A. C., Mukherjee, C. and Santra, S. C. (2002). Mercury residue in marketable vegetables and fishes produced in and around of some industrial areas of West Bengal. Indian Biologist. 34 (2): 37-40.
Shastri, Y and Diwekar, U. (2008). Optimal control of lake pH for mercury bioaccumulation control. Ecol. Modell. 216: 1–17.
Wang, S. and Wai, C. M. (1996). Supercritical fluid extraction of bio-accumulated mercury from aquatic plants. Environmental Science & Technology. 30(10): 3111-3114.
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2017-10-30
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Samal, A., Chakraborty, S., Mallick, A., & Santra, S. (2017). Mercury contamination in urban ecosystem – a case study in and around Kolkata metropolis, West Bengal, India. International Journal of Experimental Research and Review, 13, 38-43. Retrieved from https://qtanalytics.in/journals/index.php/IJERR/article/view/1268
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